
Ozone 8 / Neutron 2 Advanced’s flagship new feature also contains some small but useful details, such as the low-end crest factor meter in the top left. (Tonal Balance Control – Fine View – EQing sub track) Tonal Balance Control allows this by facilitating communication between all the instances of Ozone and Neutron in your mix – including EQ remote control so you can easily tweak any of Ozone and Neutron’s EQ modules individually all from the same window. As you play your track, Tonal Balance Control listens to the incoming audio and suggests frequency bands where your mix meets or misses the reference, visually demonstrating areas that you may want to address. IZotope have averaged together the normal frequency ranges of hundreds of tracks as an aggregated reference tool. Ever wondered why your mix sounds terrible on certain systems, despite being dialed in on your normal mixing setup? Your track might be poorly balanced between frequency ranges. The biggest difference between iZotope’s Ozone 8 / Neutron 2 Standard and Advanced versions is the brand-new Tonal Balance Control module, a revolutionary tool to visually aid you in balancing your mix. IZotope recently released Ozone 9 Advanced and Neutron 3 Advanced, which offer even more powerful features - learn about Ozone 9 Advanced here and Neutron 3 Advanced here. Let’s begin by highlighting the features that are shared between both plugins as part of the Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 Advanced bundle. This article will provide a brief introduction to the new features and help budding engineers decide which option is right for them. Still, some of these features might seem a little confusing, especially to those new to mixing and mastering their music. Yet, the powerful mixing and mastering suite of Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 Standard is made a lot sweeter through its Advanced counterpart’s inclusion of inter-plugin communication, streamlining engineers’ workflows and making previously tedious tasks obsolete. If you’re already an Ozone 8 or Neutron 2 Standard user, you know how powerful these plugins are on their own.

Illustration: Ariel Davis iZotope’s Ozone 8 and Neutron 2 Standard are fantastic pieces of software, but power users have clamored for their Advanced counterparts on Splice’s Rent-To-Own model as well.
